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rayed visitor from the tropics of some other species, just as 

 were Eay's bream and Pimelepterus Cornuliensis. 



!Rock cook. {Acantliolahrus exoletus). Small mouthed wrasse. 

 Common and well defined, but I am by no means certain that 

 it is not L. maculatus or L. coquus in its young form. 



Corkwing. ( Crenilabrus Cornubicus). Gold finny. Very com- 

 mon, but as Couch says, " the Corkwing like others of its 

 family varies in its colours. 



Jago's Goldsinny. {^Crenilabrus rv/pesiris), Cuvier). Common, 

 but it is frequently a matter of great difiiculty to say when 

 a specimen is corkwing and when goldsinny. 



Rainbow Wrasse {Julis vulgaris) has occurred once only. In 

 Mount's Bay. 



Two-spotted Wrasse (see '' Fauna") is probably another name 

 for the three-spotted wrasse. See Yarrell, Vol. I, p. 286, 

 ed. 1836, where he gives the synonym of " Doubly-spotted 

 wrasse" to L. trimaculatus. Hog wrasse is abandoned by 

 Couch in British Fishes. 

 I think I have said enough to show that the classification of 



the Labridse is in a most unsatisfactory condition, and requires 



the close attention of ichthyologists. 



(7ZPi2/iV7Z)^.— (The Caeps). 



The Carp. {Cyprinus carpio). A pond fish throughout Cornwall. 



The Gudgeon {Oohio fluviatilis) said by Couch (British Fishes) to 

 have been introduced of late into Cornwall, and to be thriving 

 " in some ponds near Penzance," but I do not know of it. 



The Tench. [Tinea vulgaris). A common pond fish. 



Gold-fish. ( Cyprimis auratus). A pond fish, of course not 

 aboriginal. But it breeds in ponds. 



Dace. [Leuciscus vulgaris). Common in the Tamar and its 

 tributaries. 



Minnow. [Leuciscus plioxin%i,s). Minnis. Of ten confounded with 

 the three-spined stickleback. Common. 



Loach. {Cohitis barhatula). Occurs in Cornwall, but I think it 

 rare. From my experience of it in other counties, I can 

 fully agree with those who say it is "delicious food" 

 (Couch British Fishes, vol. 4, p. 70), if only you can get 

 enough of them to make a dish. 



